Quality of Life in the Regions - Results for German Counties

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In order to assess differences in living conditions across German regions we apply the hedonic approach of Rosen (1979) and Roback (1982) to land-price and wage differences across Germany’s counties. Employing a recent survey of more than half a million Germans on a wide range of social and political issues we confirm that differences in amenities give rise to substantial differences in land prices. With regard to wages, however, we find only little effects of amenities. Relying on the land-price effects we assess the quality of life in each of the German counties and provide a comprehensive ranking.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ifo Working Paper ; No. 49

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Other Demand ; Other Spatial Production and Pricing Analysis
• Subject: Land prices ; regional income differentials ; hedonic regression ; quality of life ; compensating wage differentials

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Büttner, Thiess ; Ebertz, Alexander
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/73822
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET